Series Four: What we KNOW so far (SPOILERS!)

[Milky Tears]

Why aren't we all having a mass debate about Martha's ring? It's all over OG/Digital Spy.

[Martin Penny]

I'm sorry to say it, but I don't like that new design at all.

[SiHart]

The mask is great, but the body armour isn't so brilliant.

Si xx

[Andrew Curnow]

My brother's theory is that they painted themselves into a design corner - that is to say, the Juddoon costumes last year looked so very Sontaran-y, that they had to redesign the Sontaran ones this time round, so that viewers wouldn't confuse the two.

Mind you, I said that in the good old days the possibility of 'doing it on the cheap' by reusing the costume for two different monsters would have been an added bonus, rather than a problem!

[Dirk Gently]

Well I like the face/head. I don't like the outfit. It's too foam muscle looking & it's far too light in colour.

I'm with Andrew's brother, they painted themselves in to a corner with the Judoon & now they've messed up the Sontaran.

[SiHart]

John Barrowman reveals stuff for Season 4:

And then you'll be coming back as Captain Jack in the New Year...

I'm not in the Doctor Who Christmas special, but I come back in Series Four, which starts filming after Christmas. Series Two of Torchwood also starts airing on BBC2 in January.

Si xx

[Milky Tears]

That's ruined my Christmas.

[Philipnet]

Doctor Who certainly seems to hold a strong appeal to celebrities. The show’s previously boasted cast members like Trisha Goddard, Catherine Tate, McFly (yuck!) and even Kylie (who’ll be appearing in this years Christmas special). But now it seems they’ve topped the bunch!

The Dr. Who production team are currently in talks with chav queen Lily Allen to replace popular comedian Catherine Tate as the Doc’s (always doomed) assistant. If she got the role, multi-talented Lily would find herself in one of the most high-profile female roles on British TV.

The Doc’s original assistant (since the show’s reincarnation that is) was played by Billie Piper, a formerly chavy pop singer from Swindon and it looks as though the same story is about to come true for Lily. Lily’s had a pretty good run of it lately, having a show handed to her by the BBC and launching her own delightfully shabby fashion brand, so it seems good luck really does come in three’s.

And I have to spoiler the source URL as that gives the game away as well!|:
http://teevieo.com/lily-allen-entering-the-tardis/

[Si Hunt]

Kim Crowther and Anita Turner have been unveiled as the new Coronation Street and Emmerdale producers.

So much for it being Phil Collinson on "Corrie"!

Si.

[Larry]

So much for it being Phil Collinson on "Corrie"!

Si.

pehaps he's got other things in the pipe line or has agreed to stay on for series 5 and leave when RTD decides to go assuming of course RTD agrees to do series 5.

[Pip Madeley]

HUGE SPOILER

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u.../DSCF1479H.jpg

DO *NOT* OPEN THIS UNLESS YOU'RE VERY SURE YOU WANT TO!

Courtesy of Mr Polish:

Show creator Russell T Davies and Tennant
are rumoured to have persuaded Piper to
reprise her role as Rose Tyler, the Doctor’s sidekick.

Insiders say the plot will centre on Rose’s quest to
track down the Doctor in a bid to save Earth, which
has become affected by some of his past actions.

[Milky Tears]

Read the rumours in the OG Spoilers/location thread the other day (and the newspaper reports), but just ignored them.

They've ruined everything!!



P.S. At least they're loving the news over on OG/Roobarb's/The Anorak Zone.

IT'S A FRIKKIN BACKWARDS STEP, ENUFF WITH THE I WUB U CRAP ALREADY. CAN'T SAY I'M THRILLED! I THOUGHT THIS WAS A SHOW ABOUT THE DOCTOR? CAN'T SAY I'M OVERLY IMPRESSED! IT'S PISSING ON THE FLAMES OF THE LOYAL FANS WHO WEPT MILKY TEARS AT THE END OF DOOMSDAY!! IT'S A LOAD OF TABLOID/FANBOY PLEASING WANK!! TIME TO MOVE ON, SPURT, SPURT, BLAH, BLAH, ETC, ETC...

Edited to add: It'll be quite hard to avoid it!

[Pip Madeley]

"Beyond Reason"



Graeme Harper's directing this year's Doctor-lite episode isn't he... so I guess that spoiler from Mr Polish is probably very true...

[Milky Tears]

An early classic reply from the OG thread:

F*** feel like I've just had my backside ripped open with this news. I hope it's wrong and it's an Axon/Porg etc announcement instead.

[Logo Polish]

That spoiler was in the Express story that Milky Joe...er, I mean Tears, linked to the other day.

[Philipnet]

Other news sites seem to have the below rumour. I don't know what this means for the Doctor nor Doctor Who (TV series) but it does seem to tie a few threads together. We shall see what happens ...

Tom Cruise is set to star in a special episode of hit British TV show 'Doctor Who'

2007-11-26 05:53:12
The 'Lions for Lambs' actor is among a host of top US stars, including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Madonna, who the BBC are hoping to get on board for three blockbuster instalments of the British sci-fi series to be filmed next year.

An insider told Britain's Daily Star newspaper: "BBC producers know they can't pay these stars what they are used to, but what they can offer is an exciting role in a real cutting-edge show. And the big stars love that kind of kudos."

'Doctor Who' already has a track record of attracting top stars for cameos.

This year's Christmas special, 'Voyage of the Damned', will see Kylie Minogue play a waitress at the 1912 launch party for the famously doomed ocean liner the Titanic, which sank after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage.

The three 'Doctor Who' specials will be shot in 2008, but will not hit screens until 2009.

The three episodes are rumoured to be the final time actor David Tennant will play the time-travelling Doctor.

It is also believed 25-year-old actress Billie Piper - who quit the show in 2006 to pursue other projects - will return to play his sexy sidekick Rose Tyler.

http://www.thecheers.org/news/Movies...octor-Who.html

[Anthony Williams]

Looks like it's official...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7114699.stm

bugger.

Ant x

[Perry Vale]

Crap.

So that's why RTD made the new Tardis set bigger than the old one.....

[Larry]

Looks like it's official...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7114699.stm

bugger.

Ant x

yep mixed feelings about this one.

[Martin Penny]

I don't really have anything her coming back, but It completely ruins the end of 'Doomsday' doesn't it?

[Perry Vale]

Looks like it's official...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7114699.stm

What, that the correct spelling is Ecclestone?

but It completely ruins the end of 'Doomsday' doesn't it?

Pete Tyler magically appearing in exactly the right place to catch Rose, and not get sucked into the void himself, had already ruined it for me.

[Si Hunt]

This can only be redeemed for if they bring back Jackie as well!

Si.

[Pip Madeley]

Like Larry, I've got mixed feelings too. A one-off episode might've been okay, but three?!

[Andrew Curnow]

I usually avoid ye spoilers, but I happened to see this on the BBC pages, and it came as a bit of a surprise. I wouldn't be TOO surprised for the story to later be amended, to reveal that she's in the three specials in 2009, rather than three episodes in 2008.

I'm sure they'll pull it off, as so far I think new Who has been pretty bloody good, but I can't help wonder why they're bothering - if nothing else, isn't it a bit of a slap in the face for Freema who made most of us forget about Billie (excellent though she undoubtedly was, I hasten to add) about ten minutes into Smith & Jones.

[Pip Madeley]

I prefer Martha to Rose, so I feel sorry for Freema.